stillers4me
06-13-2011, 05:26 PM
The NFL Draft is a spectacle unlike any other. No other league’s draft is so closely followed by the fans in hopes that a draft pick or two can immediately change the fortunes of their team. Perhaps this is why with most first-day picks comes a cascade of cheers or boos with every name that is announced.
Most fans either feel incredibly happy with a pick or they feel a sense of doom and gloom. Often there is no middle ground in how the fans feel.
In 2003 when the Steelers (http://bleacherreport.com/pittsburgh-steelers) traded up 11 spots and picked Troy Polamalu (http://bleacherreport.com/troy-polamalu) with their first-round pick, I was certainly feeling a sense of doom and gloom.
Not being a fan of NCAA football at the time, I had absolutely no idea who Polamalu was.
Additionally I wanted a halfback to supplant the horrid trio of Jerome Bettis, Amos Zereoue and Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala. Troy certainly was not going to do that.
As a Steelers fan I can gladly say that whenever I have experienced doom and gloom with a first round pick I usually get the benefit of eating crow several years later. No player has made me eat as much crow as Troy Polamalu............
Read more @ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/731493-polamalu-overrated-experts-slowly-losing-credibility-as-myths-spread
Most fans either feel incredibly happy with a pick or they feel a sense of doom and gloom. Often there is no middle ground in how the fans feel.
In 2003 when the Steelers (http://bleacherreport.com/pittsburgh-steelers) traded up 11 spots and picked Troy Polamalu (http://bleacherreport.com/troy-polamalu) with their first-round pick, I was certainly feeling a sense of doom and gloom.
Not being a fan of NCAA football at the time, I had absolutely no idea who Polamalu was.
Additionally I wanted a halfback to supplant the horrid trio of Jerome Bettis, Amos Zereoue and Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala. Troy certainly was not going to do that.
As a Steelers fan I can gladly say that whenever I have experienced doom and gloom with a first round pick I usually get the benefit of eating crow several years later. No player has made me eat as much crow as Troy Polamalu............
Read more @ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/731493-polamalu-overrated-experts-slowly-losing-credibility-as-myths-spread